Fly-paper holder.



litmus" M. BR'ABAW.

FLY PAPER HOLDER. urmou'xon' FILED JULY 16,1009.

Patented Au 9, 1910.

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Amnnql MICHAEL BRABAW, OF PEARLIBEACH, MICHIGAN.

FLY-PAPER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

Application filed July 16, 1909. Serial No. 507,914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL BRABAW,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Pearlbeach, county of St.Clair, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Fly-Paper Holders, and declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use thesame,- reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to holders for fly paper.

It has for its object an improved holder for fly paper, especially whatis known as sticky fly paper, that is adapted to hold the paper securelyin a tray so constructed and arranged that a plurality of trays may bepiled into a stack without removing the paper therefrom, nevertheless,the paper will be protected and guarded from contact with the traymember which is above it and is nested in the slightly inwardly slantingsides of the holder. The paper is also protected from accidentaldisplacement and from slipping out or dropping out from the tray if thetray itself is placed in an inclined position or even overturned. Theseresults are accomplished by the arrangement and construction shown inthe drawings, in which: l

Figure 1, is a plan of the tray or paper holder. Fig. 2, is a crosssection at the line 64-11 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a perspective of themember which serves as a clip to hold the paper and as a guard toprotect it. Fig. 4, is a perspective of a bracket connection to the sideof the tray which serves to retain the clip in place.

The main body of the holder is made as a tray with inclined margins orsides. Preferably it is made of woven wire with a strong bead wire ormarginal wire 2 running entirely around the main body of the tray. Atthe middle point of two sides of the tray, bracket members 7 are securedin a fixed manner to the margin, and the inner end 6 of each bracketmember projects over the bottom of the tray, and is spaced therefrom toa distance sufficient to admit of the easy insertion of the longitudinalpart of the clip member 2 thereunder. The clip member, which is also aguard member, is pivotally secured by a hooked or eye-like terminal .2to the bead wire or marginal wire 2*. This clip member or guard memberconsists of a longitudinal body or extension bar extending along themargin parallel to the bead wire and spaced therefrom by terminals thatare at right angles to the main body of the guard member 2, and whichterminals themselves terminate with the eyes or hooks 2*. The guardmember 2 is adapted to swing pivotally on the bead member. Its extensionbar normally lies close along the vertex of the angle between the baseand the margin of the tray and lies either above or under the projectingend 6 of the bracket. It may take either position, and because of itsflexibility may be moved or swung around the end 6 from a position aboveto a position below the bracket or vice versa. The paper l is laid inthe tray with the marginal edges extending under the bracket, and underthe normal location of the longitudinal bar of the clip or guard 2, andthe clip or guard is located with its middle point under the bracket, inwhich position it secures the paper with sufficient certainty to preventthe paper from accidentally falling out of the tray, and it also servesas a rest to prevent a superimposed tray from touching the surface ofthe paper. The middle part of the superimposed tray rests on the bracket7, and each end of it is guarded from contact with the paper by-the clipmember 2, which thus serves not only to hold the paper in place, but toprotect the paper from the tray above it, when for any reason it isdesired to stack the trays, as is frequently the case.

What I claim 'is:- 1. A fly paper holder, having in combination a traymember having inclined sides, a slightly resilient guard member attachedto one of the sides intermediate its ends, with its depending tipportion extending slightly over the bottom of the tray, and an inwardlyswinging holder clip pivotally secured at its ends to the upper portionof the side to which said guard member is attached, adapted 'to engage,with its horizontally extending center portion, either above or beneathsaid guard member, and to be moved from one of such positions to theother by flexing it about the depending tip portion thereof,substantially as described.

2. A fly paper holder, having in combination a tray provided with atabular bottom and with slightly inclined sides, resilient clip membersattached at their ends to the upper portions of the various sides, eachbeing adapted to swing inwardly over the adjacent edge of a sheet ofpaper resting on thebottom of said holder, and a resilient bracketmember fixed to each side of the tray intermediate the ends adapted toengage with its depending and inwardly extending tip over the adjacentmiddle portion of the clip member, said middle portion of the clip tionwith respect to the continued sheet of 15 paper as desired,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

MICHAEL BRABAVV. Witnesses:

CHARLES F. BURTON, VVILLIA'M M. SWAN.

